Senator Jose Peralta sent a letter to Gov. Cuomo asking that he including microstamping in the state budget.
I call BS on that:
The New York State Rifle & Pistol Association would like to correct the gross misstatements made by Senator Jose Peralta in his letter to Governor Andrew Cuomo regarding his proposed firearms microstamping bill S-675B.
First, there is not a single independent study demonstrating the technology actually works. Several studies, including those done by the Suffolk County Crime Lab in Hauppauge and the University of California, Davis, conclude the technology does not work. Sen. Peralta has no basis for claiming “microstamped characters have been shown to transfer perfectly up to 95% of the time.”
Second, Sen. Peralta’s bill explicitly states that “microstamp-ready” firearms must put unique codes on spent cartridge cases on at least two places. The one and only way to comply with this would be a total redesign of all pistols made over the past 120 years, assuming that is even possible as the only place to make the second marking is inside the chamber when the round is fired making it difficult, if not impossible, for a gun to function properly. Sen. Peralta’s statement that “microstamping may cost as little as $0.50 per gun” is equivalent to saying that pigs could fly if only they’d grow wings.
The microstamping proposal has been becoming increasingly unpopular in Albany over the years as evidenced by the decreasing number of legislators supporting it. People know it’s a fraud. Sen. Peralta is trying to pass a bill that cannot be complied with in order to effect a total prohibition on all new pistols sold in the state. He just does not have to courage to come right out and say that.
UPDATE: The Times Union noticed that people are posting their opinions on microstamping to his Facebook page and he responded with this:
A file won’t defeat microstamping technology. It might, however, render the gun inoperable.
There are two places where microstamps will be put on semi-automatic guns. The firing pin and the breech face. The microstamp itself is not visible to the naked eye. So, first of all, you need a microscope to see it on the firing pin. And even if you were able to do that, trying to file off or file down the microstamp would destroy the firing pin and the gun would be inoperable. The microstamp on the breech face is entirely within the structure of the gun and cannot be accessed without taking the gun apart. Again it would render the gun inoperable.
He is one of the leaders in the “worthless gun laws” movement. Some of his bills:
S675A-2011: Requires semiautomatic pistols manufactured or delivered to any licensed dealer in this state to be capable of microstamping ammunition sponsored by PERALTA
S69-2011: Makes provision for the disposal of firearms, rifles and shotguns owned by the state and local governments sponsored by PERALTA
S669-2011: Provides for a gun violence prevention program in the public schools sponsored by PERALTA
S670-2011: Authorizes a court to revoke the firearms license and seize the weapons of certain individuals sponsored by PERALTA
S674-2011: Relates to the suspension and revocation of firearms licenses upon the issuance of orders of protection sponsored by PERALTA
S678-2011: Requires sale or transfer of certain firearms between unlicensed persons shall be conducted through a licensed firearms dealer sponsored by PERALTA
S680-2011: Requires state agencies and certain covered authorities to purchase handguns from responsible suppliers sponsored by PERALTA
S725-2011: Requires the renewal of firearms licenses after five years outside the city of New York sponsored by PERALTA
S965-2011: Requires the creation and imposition of restrictive commercial practices and stringent recordkeeping and reporting to prevent gun sales to criminals sponsored by PERALTA
S1003-2011: Requires the judge in a criminal proceeding or in a family court proceeding, upon issuance of an order of protection to inquire as to the possession of a firearm by the defendant or respondent sponsored by PERALTA
Pure self-serving BS! Firing pins and breech faces can be instantly accessed merely by pulling the slide back.
It’s almost comical how the anti’s are so willing to claim that putting this microstamping nonsense is as easy as can be, and only costs pennies per gun, but that removing it suddenly becomes next to impossible.
The abrasive, eraser tip on a wooden pencil could be slipped down the bore and used to obliterate the microstamp on the firing pin – even faster if the pencil were chucked in a drill.
Microstamping on the breech face could be obliterated by peening. A steel rod with a rounded tip slipped down the bore and tapped with a hammer would mash the microstamped characters into permanent illegibility.
Bloomberg’s criminal constituents are far more clever than is necessary to defeat the pathetic silliness that is microstamping. Look how smart Bloomberg is, and look at what a fool his criminals make of him every day!
Bloomberg needs to stop trying to micromanage the guns of law-abiding citizens and do a better job of micromanaging his criminal constituents.